Scene 17 - October 31st

Interior Townhouse, Afternoon

Quinn Kaufman

“Nice costume, Quinn!” Susan said as I stepped into the study group’s usual meeting place. She gave me a wink, adding, “You look good as a redhead!”

I smiled at her. “Thank you! And thanks again for letting me borrow your wig, it really makes the outfit.”

“Ah, it’s nothing,” she said, playing with a lock of hair from today’s wig - it was shoulder-length and blonde, matching the Thor costume she wore. “Planning on winning the costume contest again this year?”

I put on my Anima voice and shifted my posture as I responded, “I wouldn’t be sad if it happened, but I just want everyone to enjoy themselves!”

She laughed. “That’s uncanny, honestly.”

“I might have some competition this year though,” I said, nodding to her own costume. “Your Thor looks great!”

She blushed slightly. “It’s nothing special. Half of it is storebought.”

“Which half?”

“The wig. And this.” She hefted a foam Mjolnir.

“So you made everything else? That’s amazing, Sue!”

“Well, Orgo is my most time-consuming class, so I had the time. I don’t know how you did it!”

I shrugged. “I bought the base bodysuit, all I needed to do was the gloves, boots, jacket, and mask.”

“How long did it take?”

“About a day and a half? It’s rough, I know...”

“Quinn, that’s... incredibly fast,” she said, awed.

Thanks to my telekinesis I hadn’t needed to pin the fabric, being able to hold it all together. And I had barely needed to measure, either, thanks to ESP. But I decided not to mention that, instead saying, “I didn’t really stop working from the moment I bought the fabric on the 29th until I went to sleep last night. All-nighters make the impossible possible. Including seeing things when you’re tired enough, I do not recommend it,” I joked.

She chuckled. “Are you going with anyone?”

“A friend I met recently never went to the party, even though she’s also a senior, so we’re going together. What about you?”

Susan hesitated before saying, “I think I was just going to be going with my sorority sisters. I’m single at the moment, so...”

“Well, I’m sure some lucky guy or gal will snap you up before long,” I told her.

She seemed a little downcast for some reason, but nodded in agreement. “Maybe I’ll even find someone at the party!”

“That’s the spirit!”

“Hey, stop flirting, you two,” Chris said in a mock-stern voice as he and Peter finally entered. “I know it’s Halloween and we’re all excited, but we still have homework to do!”

I raised an eyebrow at the two of them - Chris was wearing vampire teeth and a black suit jacket with no shirt underneath, while Peter wore a toga that left much of his own chest showing and somehow clung close to his butt as well. “Are you sure you aren’t just annoyed that Sue and I get to see you two in slutty costumes but we didn’t return the favor?”

“I just thought we had all agreed to show off our assets,” Peter said, deadpan as usual.

It took a while for the laughter to die down so we could get down to work.